*The revelation was contained in a letter submitted to NASS leadership and US embassy Nigeria by Kanuri Born Human Rights Activist Rev. Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa and obtained by our Correspondent
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
Fresh facts have emerged on how Nigeria’s deadly Boko Haram terror group was formed in north eastern part of country and trained abroad.
Boko Haram terror group was also reportedly formed originally for the Islamization of Nigeria through violence and total annihilation of christians and Muslims that stand on their way.
Accordingly, the Boko Haram reportedly started some years back and had successfully got most of the muslims of the Northern Nigeria siding with them either openly or at the best secretly.
These revelations were part of the letters of petition submitted to US Embassy in Nigeria dated 31st March 2025, in support of reports of US Congress on Nigeria about the killings of Christians.
In the letter made available to our Correspondent weekend, an activist and Director General, Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in Nigeria”, Rev. Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, traced the Genesis of the formation of the terror group to 2002 and 2003, Yobe State.
The letter dated 21st November 2011, addressed to the Senate President, Senator David Mark, is
entitled: “Why Boko Haram should be listed as a terrorists group by the united States”.
Rev. Dikwa, a Muslim-Christian Convert narrated that “Boko Haram group as they’re called in Nigeria is not just a subsidiary or branch or an affiliation of terrorists group but a formidable Islamic terrorists institutions saddled with the responsibility of islamising Nigeria through violence and total annihilation of christians, and any Muslim that stand on their way.
In his letter, the advent of Boko Haram, started in 2002 and 2003, when a group of Muslim were taken to Afghanistan and trained under a fundamental Islamic group otherwise known as Izalatu Bidiah Walkamatul Sunna.
The body according to, Rev Dikwa petition, is know with instigating outdoor preaching with emphasis on jihad and the supremacy of the muslim believer over all other creation.
According to letter, “The Muslims trained later became the leaders of the present Boko Haram group, among them are Muhammed Yusuf, Abubakar Shekkau and Mammam Nur.
Indeed, they included “One of the Sons of Borno state former SSG, in the person of Alhaji Abba Gana trap, who was in the third year in the university, amongst many others”.
The group, when formed, were reportedly given a place in Kanama village, Yunusari LGA of Yobe state to camp and prepare for all their terrorists attacks being witnessing in Nigeria, the statement added.
The then Governor of Yobe state was informed by the SSG to take action against their camping in the area but said ‘We know their stay there and they’re out children”.
According to the letter, the Governor’s respond indicated that the Government of Yobe State is responsible for their stay and had been catering for them.
It added that “After a week of camping they attacked the Police headquarters killing about five
Police men. These attacks made the then Federal Government to
take a military action against them, where they were dispatched
from the Camp.
“They then splits into two major groups with one faction lead by Mohammed Yusuf who was given a plot of land by his inlaw (Baba Fugul, in Maiduguri town where they formed their prominent camp and National headquarters.
“The other faction moved to Gwoza hills and encamp on the hills terrorizing village Banks and Christian institutions.
“The two factions were not the only camps formed in the Northern
part of Nigeria. Some of the trained leaders, formed camps in Toro
LGA of Bauchi State and some of them moved to the Hills of Riyom
and Barkin Ladi in Plateau State.
“Others did not form camps but
stayed in all the State capitals in the North and some major Local
Governments Headquarters where 95% of the Population were
Muslims. They also formed small groups in all the Southern parts
of Nigeria with the aim of taking over the Government of Nigeria
at a blow”, it revealed.
To boost their activities and give them a smooth running. The
Government of Bomo State, created a ministry solely for them
known as the Ministry for Religious Affairs in 2004 under
Governor All Modu Sheriff.
“This Ministry does not have any
structure that accommodates the Christian Religion which is also
dominating religion in all the 19 Northern States. It also does not
function normally as all other Ministries where, Civil servants
could be rotated from one Ministry to the other and normal Civil
service promotion based on academic qualification and years of
experience were practiced.
“The Ministry of religious Affairs had all of its workers on appointments which are all Muslims and does not have any particular goal, or objective for societal development, rather it focused on Islamic propagation.
These ministries were later replicated in some other state governments such as Yobe, Bauchi states amongst others.
In February 2006, the Group attacked the Christians in Maiduguri where they bunt down about 56 Churches and over 70 Christians were killed. The state Governor was seen moving on the street and applauding their actions by outpouring Naira notes to them.
“The success in 2006 made then to stage a major attacks On the
27 of 2009, the fist general attacks which was supposed to
take effect in all the Federation started in the night where over 45 Churches were burnt and over 200 Christian Houses were visited, killing and maiming them in cold blood which claimed over 170 Christians in one night in night in Borno state capitals.
“They continue to kill for about two
days. When it was day break, they attacked some Police
establishments, prisons and some Government establishments, all
In Maiduguri.
“Yobe State Capital, Damaturo also experiences the attacks where police stations and Churches were attacked.
“Sporadic attacks took place in Bauchi State after wards. Other cities could not get the convenience to attack at the same time (a coordinated attacks)…….
“The government attacked their Maiduguri camp after the 27th July attacks and over 800 of them were arrested. Most of them were deliberately kept in Bauchi prison and the government of Bauchi state staged a prison breaks prior to an Islamic Sallah celebration and over 700 of the Boko Haram inmates broke out.
“The prison breaks reenforce and revitalized the group’s man power and government compensated the so-called family of their former leader Mohammed Yusuf with over N100 million which also revive their financial base leading to the acquisition of sophisticated weapons and the advent of IED bombs.
“On the 7th of March 2010, toro , in Bauchi state, trained terrorists attacked a village in plateau state, known as Dogon Nuhauwa where they killed over 500 christians mostly women and children.
“The camp on the hills of Barkin Ladies/Riyom LGA, had been attacked several villages of the area who were predominantly Christians in a night attacks which usually take in the night”, he narrated extensively.
Rev. Dikwa lamented that all they could received from Senate President office under David Mark was a written reply dated February 29th 2012, signed by his Chief of Staff, Sen. Anthony Manzo, that their letter has been referred to the chairman Senate committee on national security and intelligence for further necessary action, and it all ends with the reply till date.
Rev. Dikwa with GSM no. 08033497229, 08027141437, further clarified, and decried experienced he went through in trying to submit petitions to US and UN offices in Nigeria, alleging that the offices have been dominated by a particular religious faith making it absolutely difficult to allow certain documents from some Christian bodies and individuals scaled through to the later and to the relevant authorities.
